WELLS, H[erbert]. G[eorge]., 1866-1946;
First Men in the Moon, The [First Issue]London George Newnes 1901 First British Edition, First Issue, with black coated end papers. 8vo; viii, 342pp, with a frontispiece and 11 further full-page illustrations by Claude Shepperson. Publisher's dark blue decorative cloth, the upper cover and spine stamped gilt (the first and primary binding state, of four). An unusually Fine, bright copy, the hinges uncracked, of one of the most difficult of Wells's science fiction titles to be found in collectible condition.Fine
[Bookseller: Fine Editions Ltd.]